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Light Rail Transit Facilities Design Course
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Sustainable Practices 05.12.2010
Neil McFarlane
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Light Rail Transit Facilities
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What is Sustainability?
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Focus areas
• Reduce and reuse materials• Renewable energy sources• Stormwater treatment• Green landscaping• Reducing emissions
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Recycled content and material reuse
• Recycled tires to insulate sound walls
• Reuse of concrete and asphalt as road and trackway base material
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Salvage materials
Building demolitionRepurposed for:• Public art• Paving materials• Planters, benches• Bollards
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Renewable energy
• Solar-powered Renewable energy public art
• Solar water heating• South Terminus
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Stormwater management
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Green landscaping
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Future areas of exploration
• Energy• Water• Materials• Habitat• Expand bike connectivity
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Wayside energy storage
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Smart track engineering
• Low cost• Humped tracks• Efficient turning radii
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Pervious paving
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Grass tracks
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Design for durability
• High traffic• Low maintenance• Long operational life
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Bike access and connections
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Provide habitat opportunities
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Questions?